Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.06 · Subchapter A. DUTIES PERFORMED BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
HINDERING AN INQUEST.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Text of article effective until April 01, 2027
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly hinders the entrance of a justice of the peace to a premises where a death occurred or a body is found.
(b) An offense under this article is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2027.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.49.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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